Qabeit

Qabeit, Qabaait, (Arabic: قبعيت‎) is a village in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon. The population is Sunni Muslims.[1]

History

The town mourned the death of 17 people connected to the area who drowned while trying to reach Australia by makeshift boat in September 2012.[2] Qabeit is in one of the poorest parts of Lebanon and is part of a region that has received hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees during the Syrian Civil War.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Municipal and ikhtiyariah elections in Northern Lebanon" (PDF). The Monthly. March 2010. p. 21. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  2. 1 2 Lebanese village mourns deaths of asylum-seekers in boat disaster by Andreane Williams Channel NewsAsia 17 Nov 2013 16:37

Coordinates: 34°26′58″N 36°05′46″E / 34.44944°N 36.09611°E / 34.44944; 36.09611

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